From: Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 16946@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16946: 24.3; Rmail behaviour with a username containing "@"
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 06:08:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h7oohqcn.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87360hirm5.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Mon, 07 Dec 2020 16:05:22 +0100)
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Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com> writes:
>
>> But, you still have to put in %40 when setting the username, and the
>> Rmail manual doesn't mention that. Perhaps it should, I can write a
>> patch for that if you want.
>
> Yes, that would be welcome.
I made an edit to rmail.texi from the emacs-27 branch. I've attached
the output of "diff -u" as instructed in "Sending Patches".
I have not filed copyright assignment paperwork for Emacs.
BR,
Robert Thorpe
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--- rmail.texi 2020-12-14 05:27:47.041314124 +0000
+++ nrmail.texi 2020-12-14 05:56:34.468029100 +0000
@@ -1591,6 +1591,8 @@
Otherwise, Rmail will ask you for the password to use.
@end enumerate
+On some mailservers the usernames include domain information, which can mean they contain the @code{@@} symbol. The inbox specifier string uses @code{@@} to signal the start of the mailserver name. This creates confusion for movemail. If your username contains @code{@@} and you're using Mailutils movemail then you can fix this. In the username replace @code{@@} with it's URL encoding @code{%40}.
+
@vindex rmail-movemail-flags
If you need to pass additional command-line flags to @command{movemail},
set the variable @code{rmail-movemail-flags} a list of the flags you
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-14 6:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-06 2:33 bug#16946: 24.3; Rmail behaviour with a username containing "@" Robert Thorpe
2020-12-04 12:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-06 3:06 ` Robert Thorpe
2020-12-06 13:54 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-06 14:10 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-06 23:50 ` Robert Thorpe
2020-12-07 15:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-14 6:08 ` Robert Thorpe [this message]
2020-12-14 16:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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